Masta Killa

As this Nature Sounds compilation seems to assert, New York underground hip-hop artists aren't so much concerned with embodying the future as they are reliving the past. The usual suspects show up: Pete Rock hosts Wu alumnus Raekwon and Masta Killa on the slow and grimy "The PJs," while the slinking noir of "Angeles" offers a preview of the upcoming Ghostface Killah and MF Doom collaborative CD.